Burial-casket.



N. S. PETERMAN.

BURIAL GASKET. APPLICATION FILED MAB. 16, 1910.

1,003,943, Patented sept: 19,1911.I

NATHANIAL S. PETERMAN, OF GARWIN, IOWA.

BURIAL-GASKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 19, 1911.

Application filed March 15, 1910. Serial No. 549,465.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NATHANIAL S. PETER- MAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Garwin, in the county of Tama and State of Iowa,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Burial-Gaskets, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in burialcaskets, the object being to combine in one casket four styles ofcaskets, whereby any one of said styles can be used.

Another object of my invention is to provide a casket which isexceedingly cheap and simple in construction, and one in which thecover, the lid and the cover molding are so connected together that theywill be held in their proper position, and yet be capable of being movedso as to form different style Gaskets.

A still further object of my inventionl is to provide the cover with asteel frame to which are hinged the sections of the cover molding,whereby said molding and the lid sections carried thereby will besupported firmly when the cover is thrown into an opened position.

A still further object of my invention is to provide novel means forholding the respective hinged sections of the casket in a closedposition, so that all danger of the same becoming unfastenedaccidentally, when in use is prevented.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel features of combination, construction and arrangement of parts,hereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawing forming a part of this specilicationz-Figure 1 is a topplan view of my improved burial casket showing the molding sectionsswung outwardly. Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the cover raised,the side dropped and one section of the lid and molding swung outwardly.

In carrying out my improved invention= I employ a body A, which may beof any style and design desired, and is provided with a hinged sidesection B, which can be drop ed as shown in Fig. 2 and is held in aclose position by fastening members clearly shown, so as to prevent thesides from dropping down accidentally, and said side is also locked bythe cover as will be hereinafter described.

Pivotally mounted on the body A is a cover C which comprises a fixedsection D and a movable section E, the movable section E being carriedby a rectangular metal frame F which is connected to the fixed section Cby screws as clearly shown, and said fixed section carries a catch C',coacting with a keeper C2 mounted on the upper edge of the hinged sideB.

Secured on the frame F are hinges G carrying molding sections I, the endsections carrying hooks I adapted to coact with eyes I2 carried by theside section, so as to fasten the molding sections together firmly, andthe lid C3 of the fixed cover is rabbeted as shown at G4, for thepurpose hereinafter fully described.

Hinged to the two side sections are movable sections J and K havingbeveled coacting edges so as to hold the meeting edges and to form atight joint, and the inner edges of these lid sections rest on thereduced portion formed by the rabbet Gr", and

the outer edges rest on the end molding section which is provided with akeeper L adapted to receive a fastening member L carried by the lidsection K so as to completely lock the lid sections in a closedposition.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I have provided aburial casket which combines four styles in one, as by opening the lidsections the shrine style is formed, then by dropping the moldingsection, the half-couch style is formed, and by closing the moldingsections and the lid sec tions and by opening the cover, the full couchstyle is formed which allows the hinged side to be dropped.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is:-

As a new article of manufacture, a burial casket comprising a bodyhaving a hinged side section, a cover hinged to said body, said coverbeing formed of a movable section and a fixed section, a rectangularmetal frame secured to the fixed section, the lid of the fixed sectionbeing provided with a reduced portion, molding sections hinged to saidlocking said lids in a closed position toA frame carrying means forlocking said secgether With means carried by the cover for tionstogether, lid sections hinged `to said locking said cover to the hingedside sections. l0

molding sections having beveled coacting NATHANIAL S. PETERMAN. edges,the inner ends of said sections fitting Titnessesz in the reducedportions of the fixed cover, CHAS. J. BELKNAP,

and means carried by one of saidolids for O. WILI-IELMI.

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